Sara J. Turner
*** ******* **** **** • Lexington, NC 27292
336-***-**** • ***************@*****.**.**
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Objective
To secure a full time position that utilizes my analytical abilities and accounting experiences for a local company
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Education
High Point University High Point, NC
Attended classes in Accounting and Computer 1990
Davidson County Community College Lexington, NC
Associate Applied Science in Accounting May 1988
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Related Experience
Preschool Teacher October 2009 – Present
Macedonia United Methodist Church
• Lead teacher for 3 year old class of twelve children. I plan and carry out weekly activities, capitalizing on children's play to further language and vocabulary development. I help to develop children's interest in learning through various techniques and activities, such as games, group play, artwork and music.
Homemaker May 2005 – October 2009
• Moved to Cardiff, Wales in August 2005 with my family for my husband’s job. I volunteered at my children’s primary school while there. We moved back to North Carolina in December 2008.
Owner and Operator Lexington, NC
Johnson Farm Antiques Jan. 2004 – May 2005
• Opened Johnson Farm Antiques in July 2004. Bought and sold antiques and other merchandise until May 2005 when we decided to move to Cardiff, Wales.
Sr. Cost Card Clerk Lexington, NC
PPG Industries April 1997-August 2003
• Projects include; cost-sensitivity model construction and analysis for new product institution, allocation models based on sales mixes and locations, cost tracking models for production areas and cost models comparing current products vs. trial products from raw materials to finished product.
• Weekly responsibilities include, comparing weekly production reports to verify the correlation between production and financial reports, preparing reports for engineers and updating costing standards for new product runs in our mainframe.
• Monthly responsibilities include, preparing and verifying journal vouchers for the forming portion of the month-end-closing process, gathering monthly information for cost and product studies, reviewing account activity to ensure correct transactions and recording physical inventory for one segment of the manufacturing process.
Secretary Manufacturing Processes Lexington, NC
PPG Industries Oct. 1995 - April 1997
• Secretary to PPG’s Manufacturing Processes Superintendent and 30 employees who worked under the Superintendent.
• Complied data from the manufacturing areas to supply weekly production and monthly production reports to all engineers and Managers at the Lexington plant and main office in Pittsburgh, PA.
• Maintained excel spreadsheets and graphs on the Lexington Plant’s production and job efficiencies.
• Maintained department’s Procedures and Quality Control documents.
• Knowledge and experience in the interpretation and implementation of ISO 9000
Accounts Payable Clerk Lexington, NC
PPG Industries May 1989 – Oct. 1995
• Paid bills for PPG’s Shelby, Pittsburgh and Georgia Locations.
• Handled billing discrepancies with customers and purchasing department
• Paid expense reports and balanced travel accounts for PPG employees
• Printed and mailed daily checks to vendors and PPG employees
• Traveled to PPG locations to train on new computer system and accounts payable system then trained employees at Lexington location on new system.
Bank Teller Lexington, NC
Lexington State Bank Sept. 1988 – May 1989
• Cashed checks took deposits and handled regular banking transactions. Opened accounts.
• Maintained cash flow of ATM machine, balanced ATM machines withdrawals and deposits daily.
References Available upon Request